Big Business (1988)
- Starring:
- Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jim Abrahams
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- Comedy
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Thanks to a mix-up at birth, two sets of twins are separated and grow up in radically different social circles. The four baby girls grow up to be Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin-and Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin. One of the Midlers is a ruthless New York CEO, while one of the Tomlins is her air-headed "save the whales" business partner. Thousands of miles away in a Southern industrial town, a blue-collar Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin work for a company that the white-collar Midler plans to devour in a hostile takeover. The "poor" Midler and Tomlin head to New York to argue against the takeover, inevitably getting mixed up with the "rich" Midler and Tomlin. Three of the four twins team up to save the small-town company, while CEO Midler remains as nastily greedy as ever. Clear enough? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 98 mins
Complete Cast:
- Bette Midler - Sadie Shelton/ Sadie Ratliff
- Fred Ward - Roone Dimmick
- Michele Placido - Fabio Alberici
- Barry Primus - Michael
- Deborah Rush - Binky Shelton
- Patricia Gaul - Iona Ratliff
- Norma Macmillan - Nanny Lewis
- John Vickery - Hotel Manager
- Mary Gross - Judy
- Charles Middleton - 2nd Stockholder
- Troy Damien - Hank Ratliff
- Matthew James Carlson - Eufus
- Judy Armstrong - YMCA Desk Clerk
- Max Raven - Charlie
- Carmen Argenziano - 2nd Board member
- Andy Epper - Zeke
- Louise Yaffe - Director's Mother in Lobby
- Nicholas Rutherford - 'Lil Levon
- Shirley Mitchell - Stockholder
- Nancy Lazarus - 2nd Moramax Employee
- Alice Gruenberg - Attractive Woman with Yorkies
- Michelle Goldman - Triplet No. 2
- Natalie Dolishny - 1st Moramax Employee
- Fred Parnes - Bellboy
- Maureen McVerry - Hilda/Rose Photo Double
- Tom La Grua - Cab Driver
- Irving Hellman - 3rd Stockholder
- Lucy Webb - Wenona
- Crystal Field - Bag Lady
- Roy Brocksmith - Dr. Parker
- Bobby Bruce
- Lily Tomlin - Rose Shelton
- Edward Herrmann - Graham Sherbourne
- Daniel Gerroll - Chuck
- Michael Gross - Dr. Jay Marshall
- Nicolas Coster - Hunt Shelton
- J.C. Quinn - Garth Ratliff
- Joe Grifasi - Desk Clerk
- John Hancock - Older Harlan
- Seth Green - Jason
- Sandy Davis - Saleslady in Dress Shop
- Dan Chambers - 2nd Male Staffer
- Jane Butenoff - Professional Hooker in Times Square
- Andi Chapman - Sadie's Secretary
- Everett Quinton - Window Dresser
- Hunter Von Leer - Petey
- Howard Feuer
- Brianne Sommers - Woman with Whippet
- Louis Rukeyser - Taxi Victim
- Lewis Arquette - Mr. Stokes
- Eddie Junior - Young Harlan
- Traci Goldman - Triplet No. 3
- Kymberly Goldman - Triplet No. 1
- Melanie Doctors - Sadie Photo Double
- Tony Mockus, Jr. - 1st Board Member
- Al Mancini - Waiter
- Tommy Holden
- Chick Hearn - Sports Announcer
- Ryan Francis - Merle Ratliff
- Ritch Brinkley - Mayor Bill Finker
- Lois de Banzie - Edwardian Room Hostess
- Leo Burmeister - Bum
- Director(s):
- Jim Abrahams
- Writer(s):
- Jim Abrahams, Marc Reid Rubel, Leslie Dixon
- Producer(s):
- Jim Abrahams, Michael Peyser, Steve Tisch
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Strong Sexual Content, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity, Adult Language)
- Categories:
- Comedy
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